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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -26,35 +26,35 @@ ### Task F- Learn Ruby: #### Option 1 Questions: **IRB** * How do you start and stop irb? * What might you use irb for? **Variables** * How do you create a variable? * What did you learn about the rules for naming variables? * How do you change the value of a variable? **Datatypes** * How can you find out the class of a variable? * What are two string methods? * How can you change an integer to a string? **Strings** * Why might you use double quotes instead of single quotes in Ruby? * What is this used for in Ruby: #{}? * How would you remove all the vowels from a string? **Input & Output** * What do 'print' and 'puts' do in Ruby? * What does 'gets' do in Ruby? * Add a screenshot in the comments of the program you created that uses 'puts' and 'gets', and give it the title, "I/O". **Numbers & Arithmetic** * What is the difference between integers and floats? * Complete the challenge, and post a screenshot of your program in the comments with the title, "Numbers". **Booleans** * What do each of the following symbols mean? + == + >= @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ + || * What are two Ruby methods that return booleans? **Conditionals** * What is flow control? * What will the following code return? ``` @@ -79,21 +79,21 @@ end * What is an infinite loop, and how can you get out of one? * Take a screenshot of your program and terminal showing two different outputs, and post it in the comments with the title, "Conditionals". **nil** * What is nil? * Take a screenshot of your terminal after working through Step 4, and post it in the comments with the title, "nil". **Symbols** * How can symbols be beneficial in Ruby? * Does naming symbols use the same rules for naming variables? * Take a screenshot of your terminal after working through Step 4, and post it in the comments with the title, "Symbols". **Arrays** * What method can you call to find out how many elements are in an array? * What is the index of pizza in this array: ["pizza", "ice cream", "cauliflower"]? * What do 'push' and 'pop' do? **Hashes** * Describe some differences between arrays and hashes. * What is a case when you might prefer an array? What is a case when you might prefer a hash? * * Take a screenshot of your terminal after working through Step 2, and post it in the comments with the title, "Hashes". -
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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ * What is the Atom shortcut for quickly finding a file (fuzzy finder)? ### Task E- The Command Line: * screenshots of your terminal after each exercise will be posted in comments ** Day One Questions: ** * What does pwd stand for, and how is this command helpful? * What does hostname tell you, and what shows up in YOUR terminal when you type hostname? ### Task F- Learn Ruby: #### Option 1 Questions: -
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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -10,8 +10,73 @@ ### Task D- Set up your Environment: * Did you run into any issues? * How do you open Atom from your Terminal? * What is the file extension for a Ruby file? * What is the Atom shortcut for hiding/ showing your file tree view? * What is the Atom shortcut for quickly finding a file (fuzzy finder)? ### Task E- The Command Line: Day One Questions: * What does pwd stand for, and how is this command helpful? * What does hostname tell you, and what shows up in YOUR terminal when you type hostname? * screenshots of your terminal after each exercise will be posted in comments ### Task F- Learn Ruby: #### Option 1 Questions: ** IRB ** * How do you start and stop irb? * What might you use irb for? ** Variables ** * How do you create a variable? * What did you learn about the rules for naming variables? * How do you change the value of a variable? ** Datatypes ** * How can you find out the class of a variable? * What are two string methods? * How can you change an integer to a string? ** Strings ** * Why might you use double quotes instead of single quotes in Ruby? * What is this used for in Ruby: #{}? * How would you remove all the vowels from a string? ** Input & Output ** * What do 'print' and 'puts' do in Ruby? * What does 'gets' do in Ruby? * Add a screenshot in the comments of the program you created that uses 'puts' and 'gets'. ** Numbers & Arithmetic ** * What is the difference between integers and floats? * Complete the challenge, and post a screenshot of your program in the comments. ** Booleans ** * What do each of the following symbols mean? + == + >= + <= + != + && + || * What are two Ruby methods that return booleans? ** Conditionals ** * What is flow control? * Take a screenshot of your program and terminal showing two different outputs, and post it in your comments. * What will the following code return? ``` apple_count = 4 if apple_count > 5 puts "Lots of apples!" else puts 'Not many apples...' end ``` ### Task G- Prework Reflection: -
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